Comments on: How to Install Windows XP on a Laptop with No CD Drive http://www.techtroupe.com/os/windows-xp/how-to-install-windows-xp-on-a-laptop-with-no-cd-drive/ All tech, all the time Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:35:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ryan http://www.techtroupe.com/os/windows-xp/how-to-install-windows-xp-on-a-laptop-with-no-cd-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-21 ryan Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:32:35 +0000 http://www.techtroupe.com/os/windows-xp/how-to-install-windows-xp-on-a-laptop-with-no-cd-drive/#comment-21 Well, there is a couple things you can do; 1. You can try setting up the laptop hard drive on the other IDE cable that you have (hopefully you have one). You may have to disconnect a storage drive to do this, but it is only temporary. If you have a CD/DVD drive there you can always make that the slave with no harm done. 2. Another thing you can do is simply leave them connected as master and slave and boot into your 3.5" as a slave drive. You probably have to change the BIOS to boot to hard drive 1 (as opposed to 0, which is master). Well, there is a couple things you can do;
1. You can try setting up the laptop hard drive on the other IDE cable that you have (hopefully you have one). You may have to disconnect a storage drive to do this, but it is only temporary. If you have a CD/DVD drive there you can always make that the slave with no harm done.

2. Another thing you can do is simply leave them connected as master and slave and boot into your 3.5″ as a slave drive. You probably have to change the BIOS to boot to hard drive 1 (as opposed to 0, which is master).

]]> By: ise1880 http://www.techtroupe.com/os/windows-xp/how-to-install-windows-xp-on-a-laptop-with-no-cd-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-20 ise1880 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:27:03 +0000 http://www.techtroupe.com/os/windows-xp/how-to-install-windows-xp-on-a-laptop-with-no-cd-drive/#comment-20 This guide is very usefull, except i have one problem. I connect my 1.8 hard drive with an adapter, except i cant set it as slave, and sets as master. so the 3.5 already in there goes to slave. when i want it the other way around. any idea on how to fix this? This guide is very usefull, except i have one problem. I connect my 1.8 hard drive with an adapter, except i cant set it as slave, and sets as master. so the 3.5 already in there goes to slave. when i want it the other way around. any idea on how to fix this?

]]> By: japansplash http://www.techtroupe.com/os/windows-xp/how-to-install-windows-xp-on-a-laptop-with-no-cd-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-7 japansplash Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:36:58 +0000 http://www.techtroupe.com/os/windows-xp/how-to-install-windows-xp-on-a-laptop-with-no-cd-drive/#comment-7 Hi good stuff, I tried the first option, but as I am using Vista, the installer is blocked due to incombatibility issue re vista nwer than xp... ah well try 2nd option.... Hi good stuff, I tried the first option, but as I am using Vista, the installer is blocked due to incombatibility issue re vista nwer than xp… ah well try 2nd option….

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